"If the studio system is ignoring these voices then we have a very serious problem and they are and the fact is this dialogue and the promises that the Academy has made is the beginning of shifting that, but what really needs to happens is that people need to take notice and give resources to these voices," Dunham said at the Sundance premiere of "Suited," her new HBO documentary about the Bindle and Keep tailoring company that designs for people across the entire gender spectrum.

"The idea that there aren't enough diverse filmmakers or there aren't enough woman filmmakers to give jobs to, it's simply a fallacy and I know that because I'm here and I'm seeing the movies," she said.